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Decision Points About Treatments and Other Health Issues
Overview
Decision Points are designed to guide you through key health decisions, combining medical information with your personal information to make a wise health decision. Click on a link below to learn more about treatment options or other decisions about your condition or issue:
- Advance Care Planning: Should I Stop Kidney Dialysis?
- Breast Cancer: What Should I Do If I'm at High Risk?
- Breastfeeding: Should I Breastfeed My Baby?
- Healthy Aging: Is It Time to Stop Driving?
- Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an ICD?
- Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker?
- Kidney Failure: Should I Start Dialysis?
- Kidney Failure: What Type of Dialysis Should I Have?
- Kidney Failure: When Should I Start Dialysis?
- Low Back Pain: Should I Try Epidural Steroid Shots?
- Obesity: Should I Use a Diet Plan to Lose Weight?
- Prediabetes: Which Treatment Should I Use?
- Pregnancy: Should I Try Vaginal Childbirth After a Past C-Section (VBAC)?
- Prostate Cancer: Should I Choose Active Surveillance?
- Uterine Fibroids: Should I Have Uterine Fibroid Embolization?
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Current as of: April 30, 2024
Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff
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All Healthwise education is reviewed by a team that includes physicians, nurses, advanced practitioners, registered dieticians, and other healthcare professionals.
Current as of: April 30, 2024
Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff
Clinical Review Board
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